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Quixote1818

(28,944 posts)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:57 AM Feb 2020

Because Trump is so dangerous & insane shouldn't we be voting exclusively on who has the best shot [View all]

at him this round? Even if that means rejecting someone you really love for someone who may suck but at least will be sane? We are talking about the Supreme Court, all kinds of corruption that is just going to get worse and worse. All I can say is that I will be thinking long and hard when I get into that booth and be voting exclusively on who I think has the best shot at Trump. I do want to see the debates with Bloomberg in them. That is going to tell me a lot.

I am not saying who has the best shot yet. I have heard good arguments both ways. My body aches worrying about us making the right decision and this post is only to get us to think about deciding ONLY on statistically who you think has the best chance to beat Trump.

When you have a potential Hitler in place, shouldn't we all become experts only on statistic chances rather than perfect policy?

Yes, my handle is Quixote but Sancho was a bit sharper than me. I love tilting at Windmills but not this election.

Yes this is a push poll.



7 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Absolutely
7 (100%)
No, it's worth rolling the dice on leaving in a potential Hitler for 4 more years
0 (0%)
Different take. Explain below.
0 (0%)
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Disclaimer: This is an Internet poll
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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The fact that I can't trust the polls blows this whole thing up. I'll just have to follow my own abqtommy Feb 2020 #1
Absolutely. I shudder to think of what ecstatic Feb 2020 #2
Realizing that polls are only so predictive and real world results CentralMass Feb 2020 #3
Well...your premise is good, but there's no telling who has the PatrickforO Feb 2020 #4
Of course, I have no problem with what you wrote. Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #5
This is false, their have been a myriad of polls in every which way that says Biden has best shot uponit7771 Feb 2020 #14
Two things... 2naSalit Feb 2020 #6
Two of the candidate have run in the past. Joe Biden has run 3 times and Bernie once. CentralMass Feb 2020 #7
Candidates who have run in the past don't win general elections. denem Feb 2020 #15
??? h2ebits Feb 2020 #8
If you think this isn't about who can beat trump, you just aren't paying attention. Squinch Feb 2020 #11
The problem is Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #18
No question, but the poster was saying they "refused to believe" this was about beating trump. Squinch Feb 2020 #19
True. Turin_C3PO Feb 2020 #20
Ironically, my opinion is that we need that billionaire to Squinch Feb 2020 #21
In the primaries duforsure Feb 2020 #9
Analytics - hey it works in football! (Sometimes). Nt jmg257 Feb 2020 #10
from what i have observed over the years. you gotta go for the IT factor. bill clinton had it, obama pansypoo53219 Feb 2020 #12
People don't agree on who has the best shot Orangepeel Feb 2020 #13
National polls dont mean much, we dont have a national election, we have 50 state elections! Baclava Feb 2020 #16
Sure, but we disagree about whom we think has the best shot. Laelth Feb 2020 #17
I think that one should choose your favorite from among those who polls show... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #22
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